This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1846
Page
7
A Detroit Advertiser letter recounts a vast copper rock at Eagle Harbour, claiming 74 to 100 tons with a 12 by 35 by 7 to 8 foot apau cut, 90 percent copper sheet, and a vein rich in native copper and marcasite. Large fragments and surrounding rock show extensive copper, described as a living tree turned to metal amid interlaced rock and gaud.
The page details Cesarewitch betting odds with Terrier rising and several horses listed at varied prices, plus a Norfolk racing note. It also reports the arrest mix up involving Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Post Office reforms and salary scales, a fatal accident at a colliery, quackery exposure, and ongoing Great Britain ship salvage efforts at Dundrum Bay with daily weather updates and letters from observers.
At Rowley Regis, the rich but troubled case of Richard Green continues to confound. Witnesses described a late night meeting at Mrs Wilkinson's, a missing man, and a search that extended through a culvert to a pool near Turver's mill. Coroner Hinchcliffe presided, noting the body was found in a pool two miles from Dudley. the inquest yielded only that death occurred but not the cause.
Langlois, a young man employed by M Bernard in Rue Taranne, was tried for robbing his employer of 3137 francs. He staged a burglary with bloodstains and a wounded culprit, but later confessed. His wife and her mother, Froment, were charged with knowledge and concealing the proceeds. Evidence showed Langlois hid the money in a room, only for his wife and mother-in-law to seize most of it. They confessed after strong evidence. The mother received three years, the daughter two years. the wife fainted at sentencing as the family’s children cried.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.